Dr. Joel Goldman

About Me

Dr. Joel Goldman, MD,FACP,FACE; DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY; BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER; Rated one of the top Diabetic Endocrinologists by New York Magazine three years in a row. Rated Super Doctor 2008,2009 by The New York Times Magazine.

Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body is unable to utilize glucose (a simple sugar).

As a result, glucose levels in the blood increase. This exposes the blood vessels and surrounding tissues to elevated levels of sugar which have a "corrosive" effect on these structures. After many years of this excess...